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Maria A. Oquendo, M.D., is Vice Chair for Education, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, and Director of Residency Training at the Department of Psychiatry at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, where she also teaches. She is Director of the Clinical Evaluation Core of the Silvio O. Conte Center for the Neurobiology of Mental Disorders at the New York State Psychiatric Institute.

Her areas of expertise include the diagnosis, pharmacologic treatment, and neurobiology of Bipolar Disorder and Major Depression, with a special focus on suicidal behavior. Dr. Oquendo graduated summa cum laude from Tufts University in 1980 and received her M.D. from the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University in 1984.

She completed her residency in Psychiatry at the Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic in the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. Dr. Oquendo is the principal investigator on a high-risk study of suicide attempters with Bipolar Disorder, on a prospective study of suicidal behavior in patients with affective disorders. She is also a co-investigator on several other NIMH-funded research studies examining the neurobiology of suicidal behavior. She is the Co-Principal Investigator on a Developing Center for Interventions to Prevent Suicide. She is also the Principal Investigator on an NIMH grant to develop a Research Training Track for the Residency Training Program.

She is a member of the American Psychiatric Association, the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry, Association of Women Psychiatrists, American College of Psychiatrists, and the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She is the President of the American Society of Hispanic Psychiatry and a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology.

She is on the Scientific Advisory Council of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and on the Scientific Review Panel for Interventions and Treatments for Mood and Anxiety Disorders for the NIMH. She has authored or co-authored over 180 peer-reviewed articles. She is the recipient of several awards, including Exemplary Psychiatrist Award from the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (1993); Award from the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill for Commitment to Multicultural and Underserved Communities (2002); Travel Award from American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (2003); the Marian Butterfield Early Career Psychiatrist Award from the Association of Women Psychiatrists (2004); the Gerald Klerman Award from the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (2005), and the National Hispanic Medical Association Hispanic Health Leadership Award (2009).

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Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

New York State Psychiatric Institute

Faculty Profile for Maria A. Oquendo, M.D.